Question regarding GPL and membership requirements for a standards body

[Akiba]

Hi. 

I'm running an open source project to implement the Zigbee Protocol stack.
The code is currently protected by the GPL, however there's been a challenge
to the validity of the license. The problem comes from the fact that the
Zigbee Alliance requires membership in order to use its spec for commercial
projects. Although my code is license free, it's claimed that the membership
requirement is a licensing fee. If it turns out that the code is
incompatible with the GPL, I will need to go mod-BSD. However I'd like to
get a professional opinion on the validity of the claim first. Can someone
offer some advice?

 

More details can be found on this blog post:

http://freaklabs.org/index.php/Blog/Zigbee/Zigbee-Linux-and-the-GPL.html

 

Akiba

FreakLabs Open Source Zigbee Project

http://www.freaklabs.org

 

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